Libya

According to a statement by a Libyan official, an Al Qaeda site in the Libyan city of Ubari was raided by the joint US Libyan forces on Wednesday. In a statement, the officials said that a site in Ubari with a number of Al Qaeda members was raided, however, no …

At least 48,000 former residents of Tawergha which is a Libyan town had been displaced from their original habitat for seven years. There had been reconciliation agreements made for their return to their home but that has not been possible yet for all because of the massive destruction of the …

The Army Command Center stated, “As a result of intensive efforts made by the General Security Directorate in various Lebanese regions during New Year holidays to guarantee public security, government forces have managed to disband a cell linked to [the] Daesh terrorist group.” Read More: https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/01/03/584755/Lebanese-security-forces-bust-Daesh-terrorist-network-during-New-Year-holidays

The report is titled, ‘Desperate and Dangerous: Report on the human rights situation of migrants and refugees in Libya’. The findings are recorded based on the live accounts of Nigerian migrants and refugees and what they faced during their transit journey and stay in Libya. Read More: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/12/un-catalogues-unimaginable-horrors-faced-by-nigerians-in-libya/

ISIS suicide attackers stormed the Foreign Ministry of Libya on Tuesday. The terrorist group has claimed the responsibility for this deadly assault in Tripoli. According to the latest source, 3 people including a senior diplomat have been killed in this attack. A spokesperson for the United Nations-backed Government of National …

The UN Support Mission of Libya stated, “The murder of six hostages taken during ISIL’s attack on the town of Al-Foqha on October 28 is particularly abhorrent. he senseless murders are a serious violation of international humanitarian law and may amount to war crimes.” Read More: https://www.sentinelassam.com/news/un-confirms-islamic-state-killing-of-6-hostages-in-libya/

Muammar Gaddafi was the dictator that the dissidents abhorred. This abhorrence made them pick up arms against him. However, after seven long years of the Arab spring revolution, the dissidents think that they have made a mistake by taking part in that revolution. In the past seven years Libya, liberated …

The decision of the Spanish government is being maintained for leaving the fate of the 12 migrants in the hands of the authorities of Libya. They were rescued in the Mediterranean Sea by a Spanish fishing boat. The Ombudsman has told the Foreign Ministry to consider taking them back. Read …

Both the Presidential Council and the High Council of State have condemned the attack, calling it a terrorist assault that targets all Libyans. They called for unifying the ranks and efforts to confront terrorism and eradicate terrorist groups. Read More: https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1477576/isis-strikes-again-southern-libya-kidnaps-11

Workers of Egypt had been taken hostage in Libya over a financial dispute between the contractors of Libya and their partners in Egypt. They have been freed now as per a relative of a hostage. The 16 workers had been captured four days ago in Tobruk, eastern Libya. Read …

The UN Libya mission chief has said that the cease fire in Tripoli is still in place, but the main problems are still there. He also said that the security plan for the city is in place, and many armed groups have abandoned key government buildings. He assured that the …

According to local and military sources, At least five people were killed Monday and 10 others kidnapped in an attack by Islamic State group jihadists on a town in central Libya. The raid targeted the desert town of Al-Fuqaha in Jufra district, which has for over a year been held by forces allied …

Italian foreign minister Enzo Moavero said, ”The notion of a safe port and a safe country is linked to international conventions that for the time being have not been signed by Libya. We must stand firm and step up our efforts so that normalization in Libya brings the country fully …

A report has been published that Russia is trying to make Libya the ‘new Syria’. Russia is trying to turn Libya into a “new Syria” through the covert deployment of its military to Tobruk and Benghazi under the disguise of Wagner mercenaries. It also purported that Moscow has dispatched Kalibr …

The anti-Islamist and political figures of Libya have urged for a further support which needs to be given to the most powerful force in the country after it was successful in capturing a former Egyptian special forces soldier who had turned into a Al-Qaeda militant. He was captured in the …

Hisham al-Ashmawy, a former army officer, is accused of being behind several deadly attacks in Egypt and an attempt against a top state official. He had a suicide vest strapped on, said the Libyan National Army, which controls much of eastern Libya. Libya has been unstable since the fall of …

Europe’s “stop the boats” policy now has become the same as Australia’s, as African migrants and refugees are locked up indefinitely after being returned to Libya by the EU-backed Libyan coastguard. They have no chance to any judicial review and instead are waiting for help from the UN, while praying …

Italy attempts to bring around the many opposing forces in Libya in its long-running war and for this purpose they have they have arranged an international conference which would be held in Sicily the next month. Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi told the parliament, “We want to find a common …

The victims included 14 men and 4 boys who were killed. Most of the civilian casualties happened due to shelling which was followed by gunfire and explosive remnants of war. The cause of one death and six injuries has still not been determined. Civilian casualties occurred in Tripoli, Benghazi and …

France has told that it wanted the United Nations Security Council to implement sanctions on militias which were involved in clashes which continued for a month between rival parties in Tripoli, which is Libya’s capital. These attacks have undermined the efforts of the United Nations of holding elections there by …

A lawyer from Libya is requesting the international community to force Qatar from stopping their support for the armed militias in Libya. The lawyer is representing the victims of the violence in Tawergha, a Libyan town. The lawyer, Siraj al-Tawerghi has stated that Tawergha has now become a ghost town. …

The U.S. Treasury Department has aimed the leader of the Libyan militia by imposing sanctions on it. It has been done in response to the attacks on the oil facilities in the country. The peace and stability in the country had been disrupted by Ibrahim Jathran when he oversaw the …

The far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini of Italy made the implication that France was responsible for the new cases of violence in Libya and for the lawlessness in the country. It has sent the country into a state of turmoil. Read More: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1013601/italy-france-matteo-salvini-emmanuel-macron-libra-gaddafi

The Libyan army launched a military operation to take over the eastern city of Darna from the grip of an organization called the Shura Council of the Mujahideen in Darna, a coalition of Islamist militias seeking to implement Sharia law in the city. Read More: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/29/c_137288194.htm

A spokesman for Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA), Ahmed al-Mismari said the bomber detonated explosives packed into the white Chevrolet when he got close, having approached the troops in central Derna asking to leave the combat zone. Read More: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-derna/suicide-bomber-kills-4-east-libyan-security-force-members-spokesman-idUSKBN1JG2N5

Qatar has not given up its nefarious aims in North Africa, despite international pressure. Earlier this year, the Libyan National Army had discovered and seized weapons from al Qaeda. Those weapons were marked with the logo of the army of Qatar. These weapons were discovered while the army was going …

Libya’s coast guard has intercepted more than 150 migrants, including women and children, in the Mediterranean Sea. The migrants, who were from African and Arab countries, were taken from a naval base in Tripoli. Read More: https://www.yahoo.com/news/libyan-coastguard-intercepts-150-migrants-Mediterranean-092046372.html